Explaining our massive “Popecrush”

There has never been so much love for one Pope. And this isn’t just because he has nine different Twitter accounts that tweet in...

Pity those behind the #BoycottStarWars trend

Here we go again. The same tired tale is being repeated. A fresh batch of Internet trolls have infected our Twitter timelines in an...

Woohoo, Boohoo

Woohoo: Hotmail I’m a classics kind of gal. I adore all things old. Shakespeare takes over my bookshelf, Elvis takes over my iTunes library, and...

Textbooks are okay, PDFs are not

Since the beginning of my university career, the most exciting part of a new semester has been buying new books at the bookstore. I...

Political selfies relay excitement, not self-indulgence

As I type this, Internet-Zach finds himself swimming in two types of digital expression: political spiels spurred by the critical October 19 election, and...

I’m tired of being ogled at while taking the SkyTrain

I’ve always had a big thing for public connection; catching a passerby’s eye in the habitual bustle, maybe offering a nod or — heaven...

I have a lot of opinions. And I’m not changing.

Among my co-editors at The Peak and among my close friends, I’m known as a very opinionated guy. And that’s putting it lightly. Ask...

Why academic debate has gone dismally downhill

The act of thinking has become a dangerous game. These days, you would never know that we actually enjoy a good debate; half the...

Woohoo, Boohoo

Woohoo: The Kraken Every once in a while, a gloriously terrifying deep-sea creature will wash ashore somewhere, making us realize that mother nature hides some...

Why many educators ban laptops from class

Over the past couple of years, a number of articles have been published in The Peak discussing the pros and cons of students using...